Ice Dogs

Victoria Secord, a fourteen-year-old Alaskan dogsled racer, loses her way on a routine outing with her dogs. With food gone and temperatures dropping, her survival and that of her dogs and the mysterious boy she meets in the woods is entirely up to her.

The author Terry Lynn Johnson is a musher herself, and her crackling writing puts readers at the reins as Victoria and Chris experience setbacks, mistakes, and small triumphs in their wilderness adventure.

When a routine trip turns into a fight for their lives, can one girl use her wilderness skills to save a stranger—and her own loyal dogs?

Strong Female Protagonist: Fourteen-year-old Vicky knows the wilderness. When she finds an injured city boy in a blizzard, she’s his only hope for survival. Lost in the Wilderness: With food running out and temperatures plummeting, Vicky and her dog team face down hypothermia, starvation, and a charging moose. Unlikely Friendship: He’s a helpless boy from Toronto; she’s a self-reliant musher. Forced together by disaster, they’ll have to learn to trust each other to make it out alive. Authentic Animal Story: Written by a real-life musher, this story celebrates the incredible bond between a girl and her loyal sled dogs, who are characters in their own right.